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Albert Toth

Could Labour’s ‘left-wing cull’ come back to haunt the party at the general election?

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With the general election only days away, polling would suggest Labour is on track to win by a landslide. The latest figures put the party an average 20 points ahead of the flailing Conservatives, with as many 453 seats projected to turn red on July 4.

But despite the positive turn for the party, which has been in opposition for 14 years, it saw what may have been its most damaging row under Sir Keir Starmer at the end of May, as a fierce factional fallout took over its ranks.

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